Sending a Letter for Sanding Words 

2022,Sea sand, sandblasted and modelled aluminium, plastic leather, modelled plastic, dried plant fragment, motors, cables, life-size

 

Sea sand collides inside four rotating cylinders. The constant rotation causes the sand to produce a sound that recalls the waves, as if the material is remembering its place of origin. The sound is never the same twice and becomes an ongoing act of remembrance. Two sandblasted aluminium sheets, curved on themselves, lie on the floor and slightly touch. Their surface recalls crumpled paper. On the wall, the leaves of a dried twig have curled inward, folding over their more vivid inner side like a shield, concealing it.

 

exhibited for Quotidiana – Portfolio, Museo di Roma, Palazzo Braschi, 14 Oct – 13 Nov 2022, curated by Gaia Bobò

Courtesy Fondazione La Quadriennale di Roma

Photo Carlo Romano